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European companies hit with effective DocuSign-themed phishing emails

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European companies hit with effective DocuSign-themed phishing emails 2024-12-18 at 14:07 By Zeljka Zorz A threat actor looking to take over the Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure of European companies has successfully compromised accounts of multiple victims in different firms, according to Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 researchers. The phishing campaign The attack started earlier this […]

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MUT-1244 targeting security researchers, red teamers, and threat actors

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MUT-1244 targeting security researchers, red teamers, and threat actors 2024-12-16 at 17:33 By Zeljka Zorz A threat actor tracked as MUT-1244 by DataDog researchers has been targeting academics, pentesters, red teamers, security researchers, as well as other threat actors, in order to steal AWS access keys, WordPress account credentials and other sensitive data. MUT-1244 has

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Businesses plagued by constant stream of malicious emails

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Businesses plagued by constant stream of malicious emails 2024-12-09 at 06:03 By Help Net Security 36.9% of all emails received by businesses (20.5 billion) in 2024 were unwanted, according to Hornetsecurity’s analysis of 55.6+ billion emails processed through their security services between November 1, 2023 and October 31, 2024 – and 2.3% of those contained

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Law enforcement shuts down Manson Market cybercrime marketplace

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Law enforcement shuts down Manson Market cybercrime marketplace 2024-12-05 at 17:31 By Help Net Security Europol has supported the dismantling of a sophisticated criminal network responsible for facilitating large-scale online fraud. In an operation led by the Hanover Police Department (Polizeidirektion Hannover) and the Verden Public Prosecutor’s Office (Staatsanwaltschaft Verden) in Germany, and supported by

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Phishers send corrupted documents to bypass email security

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Phishers send corrupted documents to bypass email security 2024-12-03 at 14:18 By Zeljka Zorz Phishers have come up with a new trick for bypassing email security systems: corrupted MS Office documents. The spam campaign Malware hunting service Any.Run has warned last week about email campaigns luring users with promises of payments, benefits and end-of-the-year bonuses.

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Domain security posture of Forbes Global 2000 companies

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Domain security posture of Forbes Global 2000 companies 2024-11-26 at 06:34 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Vincent D’Angelo, Global Director of Corporate Development and Strategic Alliances with CSC, analyzes the domain security of the Forbes Global 2000. CSC’s 2024 Domain Security Report analyzes the highest and lowest-performing industries based on

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US charges five alleged members of Scattered Spider gang

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US charges five alleged members of Scattered Spider gang 2024-11-21 at 18:03 By Help Net Security Law enforcement unsealed criminal charges against five alleged members of Scattered Spider, who allegedly targeted employees of companies nationwide with phishing text messages and then used the harvested employee credentials to log in and steal non-public company data and

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USDA Implements Phishing-Resistant Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) with Fast Identity Online (FIDO)

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USDA Implements Phishing-Resistant Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) with Fast Identity Online (FIDO) 2024-11-21 at 13:28 By daksh sharma Overview The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the use of Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) protocols, a new solution for phishing-resistant authentication. This shift to FIDO-based multi-factor authentication (MFA) has proven successful in securing USDA systems against

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GoIssue phishing tool targets GitHub developer credentials

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GoIssue phishing tool targets GitHub developer credentials 2024-11-13 at 15:49 By Mirko Zorz Researchers discovered GoIssue, a new phishing tool targeting GitHub users, designed to extract email addresses from public profiles and launch mass email attacks. Marketed on a cybercrime forum, GoIssue allows attackers to send bulk emails while keeping their identity hidden using proxies.

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North Korean hackers employ new tactics to compromise crypto-related businesses

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North Korean hackers employ new tactics to compromise crypto-related businesses 2024-11-07 at 13:49 By Zeljka Zorz North Korean hackers are targeting crypto-related businesses with phishing emails and novel macOS-specific malware. The crypto-related phishing campaign Since July 2024, phishing emails seemingly containing helpful information on risks related to the rise of the price of Bitcoin have

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Beware of phishing emails delivering backdoored Linux VMs!

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Beware of phishing emails delivering backdoored Linux VMs! 2024-11-05 at 16:05 By Zeljka Zorz Unknown attackers are trying to trick Windows users into spinning up a custom Linux virtual machine (VM) with a pre-configured backdoor, Securonix researchers have discovered. The campaign The attack began with a phishing email, they believe, but they weren’t able to

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Phishers reach targets via Eventbrite services

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Phishers reach targets via Eventbrite services 2024-10-29 at 15:17 By Zeljka Zorz Crooks are leveraging the event management and ticketing website Eventbrite to deliver their phishing emails to potential targets. “Since July, these attacks have increased 25% week over week, resulting in a total growth rate of 900%,” Perception Point researchers say. The phishing emails

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Phishing Campaign Targeting Ukraine: UAC-0215 Threatens National Security

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Phishing Campaign Targeting Ukraine: UAC-0215 Threatens National Security 2024-10-29 at 14:33 By daksh sharma Overview CERT-UA, the Cyber Emergency Response Team for Ukraine, uncovered a phishing campaign orchestrated by the threat actor UAC-0215. This campaign specifically targeted public institutions, major industries, and military units across Ukraine. The phishing emails were cleverly disguised to promote integration

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Black Basta operators phish employees via Microsoft Teams

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Black Basta operators phish employees via Microsoft Teams 2024-10-28 at 18:51 By Zeljka Zorz Black Basta ransomware affiliates are still trying to trick enterprise employees into installing remote access tool by posing as help desk workers, now also via Microsoft Teams. Phishing via MS Teams Earlier this year, Rapid7 warned about Black Basta using the

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Phishing scams and malicious domains take center stage as the US election approaches

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Phishing scams and malicious domains take center stage as the US election approaches 2024-10-22 at 07:03 By Help Net Security Phishing scams aimed at voters, malicious domain registrations impersonating candidates, and other threat activity designed to exploit unassuming victims take center stage as the US election approaches, according to Fortinet. “As the 2024 US presidential

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Israeli orgs targeted with wiper malware via ESET-branded emails

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Israeli orgs targeted with wiper malware via ESET-branded emails 2024-10-18 at 13:32 By Zeljka Zorz Attackers have tried to deliver wiper malware to employees at organizations across Israel by impersonating cybersecurity company ESET via email. The phishing email The attack took the form of a phishing email ostensibly sent by the “Eset Advanced Threat Defense

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Cyble Sensors Detect Attacks on SAML, D-Link, Python Framework

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Cyble Sensors Detect Attacks on SAML, D-Link, Python Framework 2024-10-14 at 09:52 By dakshsharma16 Key Takeaways Overview The Cyble Vulnerability Intelligence unit identified several new cyberattacks during the week of Oct. 2-8. Among the targets are the Ruby SAML library, several D-Link NAS devices, the aiohttp client-server framework used for asyncio and Python, and a

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100+ domains seized to stymie Russian Star Blizzard hackers

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100+ domains seized to stymie Russian Star Blizzard hackers 2024-10-04 at 14:18 By Zeljka Zorz Microsoft and the US Justice Department have seized over 100 domains used by Star Blizzard, a Russian nation-state threat actor. “Between January 2023 and August 2024, Microsoft observed Star Blizzard target over 30 civil society organizations – journalists, think tanks,

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North Korea Hackers Linked to Breach of German Missile Manufacturer

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North Korea Hackers Linked to Breach of German Missile Manufacturer 2024-09-30 at 20:46 By Ryan Naraine The targeting of Diehl Defence is significant because the company specializes in the production of missiles and ammunition. The post North Korea Hackers Linked to Breach of German Missile Manufacturer appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Cyble Sensor Intelligence: Attacks, Phishing Scams and Brute-Force Detections

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Cyble Sensor Intelligence: Attacks, Phishing Scams and Brute-Force Detections 2024-09-20 at 17:31 By dakshsharma16 Key Takeaways Overview The Cyble Global Sensor Intelligence Network, or CGSI, monitors and captures real-time attack data through Cyble’s network of Honeypot sensors. This week, Cyble’s Threat Hunting service discovered and investigated dozens of exploit attempts, malware intrusions, financial fraud, and brute-force attacks.

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